The tapestry depicts the Adoration of the Magi as a lively, almost nervous scene; forests, castles and the silhouettes of cities define the spacious landscape into which it is set. The Virgin with the Christ Child in her lap occupies the centre of the composition. The eldest king kneels before her, offering his gift, a casket filled with gold coins. The Moorish king, fashionably clad in a short tunic and tight hose, approaches the group from the left. Shepherds watch over the scene. The design of the tapestry is possibly the work of a painter from the circle of the Nuremberg master Michael Wolgemut; the meticulous attention paid to details like the draping and decoration of the garments, the naturalistically drawn plants in the foreground and the minute detail observed in rendering the landscape are typical features of his style. The superb execution making generous use of silver and gold thread was probably the work of a (Bamberg?) nun; the tiny representation of a Dominican working on a high-warp loom may be interpreted as her signature.